The Block Island Times
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The Block Island Times is an independent weekly newspaper
covering the town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island
, U.S.
, coextensive with Block Island
. It is the only newspaper published on the island, which is a popular tourist destination in Long Island Sound
but only about 1,000 year-round residents.
Dan Rattiner
founded The Times as a summers-only paper in 1970, with Margaret Cabel Self serving as first editor. In 1982, the paper began publishing during non-summer months, and in 1988 became a full-year weekly newspaper.
Weekly newspaper
A weekly newspaper is a general-news publication that is published on newsprint once or twice a week.Such newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and are usually based in less-populous communities or small, defined areas within large cities; often, they may cover a...
covering the town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island
New Shoreham, Rhode Island
New Shoreham is the town located on Block Island in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 1,051 at the 2010 census...
, U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, coextensive with Block Island
Block Island
Block Island is part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is located in the Atlantic Ocean approximately south of the coast of Rhode Island, east of Montauk Point on Long Island, and is separated from the Rhode Island mainland by Block Island Sound. The United States Census Bureau defines Block...
. It is the only newspaper published on the island, which is a popular tourist destination in Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean, located in the United States between Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south. The mouth of the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook, Connecticut, empties into the sound. On its western end the sound is bounded by the Bronx...
but only about 1,000 year-round residents.
Dan Rattiner
Dan Rattiner
Dan Rattiner , whose name is pronounced /ra teen er/, is an American journalist and newspaper publisher. He is widely credited with having founded the concept of the free newspaper in 1960.- Early life and education :...
founded The Times as a summers-only paper in 1970, with Margaret Cabel Self serving as first editor. In 1982, the paper began publishing during non-summer months, and in 1988 became a full-year weekly newspaper.